there is some breaking news tonight from the republican convention here in cleveland. ma.lan ya trump's speech causing a lot of controversy. this is a special cnn tonight. i'm don lemon. thank you so muc for joining us and staying up so late. on the night donald trump makes his dramatic entrance, melania trump makes a speech, a lot like one made by michelle obama eight years ago.

let's get straight to my panel. that's a long walk, andy. are you out of breath? >> yes. >> let's talk about this controversy about melania trump's speech and comparisons to that of michelle oh bbama ba in 2008. i want you to listen to side by side comparisons of the two speeches. >> barack and i were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond, that you do what you say you're going to do. >> my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise. >> that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them. >> that you treat people with respect. they taught ask showed me values

and morals in their daily life. that is a lesson that i continue to pass along to our son. and we need to pass those lessons on to the many generations to follow. >> barack and i set out to build lives by these values and to pass them on to the next generation because we want our children and all children in this nation to know that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them. >> because -- because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.

>> caylee, what's your reaction? >> well, first of all, it looks as if someone who helps her with this speech used a portion of michelle obama's speech. that's not good. that's inexcusable. and i can understand why democrats want to make this the headline of the night because tonight what a phenomenal night for donald trump, not only that we saw someone who is an immigrant to this country who achieved the american dream who came from slovenia as a poor girl and made it here. that was what we saw tonight. she had grace, she had strength. something happened with the speech writer. everyone who writes a speech has a speech write r, with the exception of donald trump. i can understand why democrats want to make this the tonight was a phenomenal night for donald trump. >> do you think the speech writer set her up? andy, you're making an odd face over there. what? >> i mean, they're kind of close, but i mean, look, i'll tell you this, malan ya trump is

an amazing businesswoman. she's extremely smart. i know her permanently. i spend a lot of time with her. she's extremely clever. anytime a future first lady is giving a speech about with children and -- >> andy, as you're saying that, the words are up there on the screen. >> so maybe this will help. >> as a former speech writer, you would look at what michelle obama said previously the. >> of course. you would look back at great speeches, right? >> yes. somewhere along the way, someone has to catch this. this isn't on just one speech writer. this had is a reflection of mismanagement of the convention, i would say. this wasn't the only error tonight. this is an error that will drowned out other ones, including speakers going far too late into prime time. and i think this plays into the

idea that donald trump doesn't know what he's doing on the national stage. >> bakari, we were sitting there and you were like, wait a minute, we kind of noticed, we said, that speech sounds is a little bit familiar, right, as we were watching it. >> as we were watching it and rehashing it, it did. there was a great deal of pride that came along with michelle oh bam ma's speech in 2008. >> you picked up on it first. >> there were people in the twitter sphere that did, as well. this is blah jorism. you can say whatever you want to say, but you're responsible for the words that come out of your mouth. at the end of the day, you are responsible for the words that ca come out of your mouth. but, i mean, i just sit back and i just -- you know, this is a moment in which i said that melania trump gave a speech tonight that she didn't really invoke anything personal, no personal anecdotes with about donald trump. i get that.

but at the end of the day, she was absolutely stunning. she was beautiful, she delivered a great speech. at the end of the day, it's good. but then i -- after reviewing it and seeing what we saw, i was wondering why there was no red meat in the speech because it was full of blue meat. >> bakari and i were sitting there watching the speech and he said, it's not bowled over by the speech, but she looks -- good tonight. she is fine as hell. >> she can be well spoken. she is impressive. this was an opportunity for donald trump to look good by presenting his wife. and she should have been able to explain what kind of woman she is to the public. and you can't do that when you take michelle obama's words. >> she spoke before the speech tonight about her speech. let's listen in and you and i will discuss this. >> has she gone over the speech with you? did you practice it on the plane? >> i read once over it and that's all because i wrote it

and -- with a little help as possible, so -- >> okay. so -- >> a lot of work goes into these speeches. >> let's do a couple things. let's go back one hour. one hour ago, we all walked out of that convention center and said they had a good convention tonight. by and large, there must have been some errors they could have gone over. she gave a good speech. a low bar because people didn't think she was going to do well. she did fantastic. here we are now, an hour later. there appears to be blah jorism and this is something that's going to over-shadow all day tomorrow what was a fairley successful night for the trumps. i know you don't agree with me, caylee, but that's the fact of the matter. >> tease a cryptism vision of what happened. what happened is we had 12 hours of of a really good day. and nothing can take away from this woman who stood there and was strong and confident and did something none of us could do in

front of 20,000 people. nothing can take away from that. there was -- >> but there is something to take away from it. >> there was a mistake with the speech writer -- >> it's not a mistake. he she plagiarized. >> how do you know that she did that, that she permanently blah jorized? >> but even more importantly, the number one character witness tonight for this whole convention for donald trump is his wife, melania. and i could have come in here with very sharp criticism about the fact that she had no personal anecdotes. >> you did, by the way. >> i did. but even more importantly, if that is your wife, why can't she is good things about you without actually taking words that michelle obama said directy about her husband? >> what i love so much is rudy giuliani predicted what we just heard from you. rudy giuliani said in the media, there are people out to assassinate donald trump's character. >> she plagiarized.

>> you just heard her say she herself plagiarized. >> this isn't character assassination. this is pointly out that if you're someone's spouse, shouldn't you be able to tell a personal anecdote? when i met donald trump, he was whatever. >> and she has. anderson cooper just said on the air one hour ago, many of the things she said to me, she's echoed to me personally in interviews. >> can we do this? let's just go to where we are in the world of reality here, okay? this is going to cloud the night. that's an absolutism. it is a fatal error for the campaign. absolutely not are people going to look at melania trump and think any worse of her? no, absolutely non, no. but is it going to cloud what was a successful night tomorrow snt absolutely. >> and there is still no reaction from the trump campaign tonight. what should the trump campaign do moving forward? >> put her out for some more interviews so she can speak in

an authentic voice ask revieal more of her personality. they'll have to plow over this, per her out there a little more. i realize she may be resistant to that because this is her first opportunity. but the only way to get her over it is to help more. >> andy, what is that look on your face? >> she has no answers. the word plagiarism is strong. she started the speech with four score and seven years ago, you could say, okay, she's lifting things. i'd like to look at the text side by side, the entire speech. if it's four or five lines in a gigantic speech, you could say it was inspired by, but not b h plagiarism. >> michelle obama gave a great speech. i -- >> but you know what donald trump should do first? what donald trump does very well. he should defend his wife right now is what he should do. he should fire someone else. >> listen. play it. >> barack and i were raised with

so many of the same values. like you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond, that you do what you say you're going to do. >> my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond. and you do what you say and keep your promise. >> that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them. >> that you treat people with respect -- >> pause. pause. andy. >> so i've officially switched my position to no comment. >> okay. come on, i will throw her one. she's a political -- we go back to the donald trump playbook. i shouldn't have to cover this more than you, come on, andy. she was reviewing michelle

obama's speech. it was a great speech and something got left on the draft. just be with honest. >> go ahead, abdi. >> i thought she did a nice job. i think there will be an attack in the media for nitpicking. and i think it's close, but it's not so -- okay, it is kind of close. >> for the audience to understand how this works, it's not as if when someone gives a speech, they write it themselves. there are speech writers. i agree with amanda, it should have been caught. but this is not something we can attribute to melania trump. >> with but -- >> no, she did not. >> yes, she did! >> taking it out of cop text. she said i wrote this with as little help as possible. >> except the part that was plagiarized. >> donald trump and his campaign have set the bar so low that now all of a sudden plagiarism is, oh, my god, that was a mistake. >> i want to talk about that setting the bar so low.

as i was sitting there watching the speeches, right, and oh, the speech was great, i wasn't feeling the speeches were all that great. i thought there were some moments. i thought rudy giuliani ruled the night. you may not have liked his speech, but he had the crowd with him. he had great big with applause. everybody else, i think, paled in comparison to rudy giuliani. now we're talking about melania. i didn't think the speeches were that great. maybe i'm the only one. we'll discuss that and.continue the controversy around what appears to be certain sectionses of the speech that were lifted from another speech. we'll be right back. can we call this had cnn after dark or cnn this morning? ♪ thirsty? my friend said i had to earn my way to the cool table. oh, sweet jamie. you got to stick up for yourself, like with the name your price tool. people tell us their budget, not the other way around. so i was at the cool table all along.

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supporter, kari sellers, a hillary clinton supporter, amanda carpenter and andy dean who is not sure tonight. he's on the fence. he's a trump supporter. i want to talk about let's continue to discuss this. i want to play melania trump in that -- this speech, the part that appears to be lifted, and then we'll discuss. listen. >> my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise. that you treat people with respect. they taught ask showed me values and morals in their daily life. that is a lesson that i continue to pass along to our son.

and we need to pass those lessons on to the many generations to follow. because -- because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. >> so caylee, first to you. not only does this appear to be listed, and she has a spoech writer you say. but i also give ba kkari, at th end of the day, the words come out of your mouth and you are responsible for those words. but donald trump, i mean, barack obama is the enemy. he talks about him constantly, his values. she is touting the same values of the people that they despise b, of the values of the people

that they despise. they despise those values and now they're touting the same values in the same speech. >> the values that she's touting are those that you would expect any wife to have for her husband -- >> but of all people -- >> and love their humanity and neighbors. now, looking to the content of it, do any of us on this panel think melania trump sat there and said i'm going to read michelle obama's speech because that will help my husband? no. a speech writer did this, she trusted the speech writer, she read the words. it should have been caught, yes, but nothing will take away from the amazing story she told tonight of coming tr slovenia, admiring the american dream, par sanning it -- >> she is a great moment, i'll give that to you. and she looked amazing and she had a great moment. that is a very -- that's a tough thing to do. but, again, you don't think it's your -- >> no, i mean, i think that's worth a spin.

i've done it before. when you have a candidate that you support that sometimes backs you into a corner, we all have to admit that. we're pundits sometimes. but this is -- >> can i give you another scenario? that melania trump, as she said, wrote most of the speech and maybe she saw michelle obama's speech and didn't think much of it and said, you know what? >> if michelle obama gave that speech in 2008 and lifted nancy reagan, the world would be on fire. we all know that. the problem with the donald trump campaign is donald trump's campaign is built on one thing, and you doing better than anybody else. you are who you are. that is why people gravitate towards the donald trump campaign because of authenticity. as a journalist, you have you a th then advertisety. what will underscore that every time? plagiarism. she lifted the words from michelle obama. you know what? i appreciate it because i always

thought michelle obama was a bad woman and i'm glad melania think so -- >> bakari, i can't let you do that. >> no, no, i -- >> i can't let you get away with that. we're talking about -- the candidate's spouse said and that is rich coming tr someone whose candidate lied and was contradicted by the fbi on -- >> can we talk about your candidate? >> if we want to talk about -- >> no, i'm talking about the fbi director contradicting your candidate on four different points and basically she lied. there's no way around. >> so you admit right now that melania trump lied? >> no. what i am admitting is those lines, yes, they were taken from michelle obama's speech. >> she play jarrized? >> no. >> you just said -- >> were you in the room with her when she wrote the speech? >> i know who gave the speech. who gave the speech? >> she gave the speech. >> perfect. so -- >> you don't know how many people were involved in writing that speech. you don't know if the speech

writer gave her those lines. >> you know what's amazing? there were people who put brian williams' words in the teleprompter, but brian williams was responsible for lying. >> brian williams told a personal anecdote. that's a bad comparison. >> i'm a republican ask want to see a good convention happen, but this is why it feels like we're living in an alternate universe. very clearly, she plagiarized. own up to it and move on. put her out there, have her give some real, authentic anecdotes and move on. >> amanda, that is the frustration with many -- i shouldn't say with many. with this campaign, so to speak, is the lack of owning up and is taking -- >> yes. you cannot believe anything that comes out of the mouths of the trump campaign. many times. even the floor action we saw, with paul manifor coming out ask

talking to republicans and saying jeff lake never stood up for him and jeff lake confirm to go reporters, yes, i did stand up. you literally cannot believe they say. you fact check everything including melania's speech. >> how do you explain melania trump if they can't blame that on liberal media? what is it? >> i'm not the liberal media. i'm a conservative. but for gosh sakes, can we call a fact a fact? and the fact is she lifted words tr michelle obama. don't blame it on the liberal media when ma.lan ya did it herself. >> i haven't done that, first of all, but no one on this panel -- no, no, okay, amanda, you want to deal in facts. no one on this panel is denying that those words are lifted. we are saying did she herself take those words or, as we know, all speech res written, with the exception of donald trump who doesn't use a tell prompter for the most part, did a speech writer take those words and -- >> and she denied it as first

and then he had to -- >> i want to do some more analysis. i do. >> oh, my gosh. >> thank you. >> this is the first time i've seen you this contrite, andy. but go ahead. mark. >> this is a moment, by the way. >> this is a moment. >> he's just sitting there. >> let us just say what has happened, where we are and where we're going, okay? because that's the bottom line. we can sit here ask talk about it all night, and we will. it will be interesting. it will be fun. and we'll laugh at it all day tomorrow. melania trump is not a politician, okay? so she's not going to be held to the same standard as donald trump or any other politician. she's the wife of a politician. she will be given a little bit of grace because of this. yes, there will be blame put on a speech writer, as there should be. what is bad for melania trump is that she just, hours earlier, said that she, quote/unquote, i read once over it and that's all because i wrote it with a little help as obl. okay? >> as little help as possible.

>> that is problem at ek forrat. is it fatal? absolutely not. this will be discussion tomorrow. >> that's it. what if she did write most of it herself and what if she did take some of it from michelle obama's speech and what if she owns up to it and says, i thought the first lady gave a great seech. what's the big deal? >> usually when you do stuff like that one start the sentence by saying, with as michelle obama said in 2008 by barack obama, then my values are your values and our values go together -- >> it's called attribution. >> if you don't have attribution, most people call it the plagiarism. >> it's not the act, it's the cover up the. >> we don't know that she's going to cover it up. we need to wait for her. >> some of the greatest moments tonight -- if you like wwe --

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♪ keep on fighting to the end we are the champions paragraph raf we are the champions ♪ >> we're back in cleveland at the cnn -- on the first night of the gop convention here. back with me now, my dream team. tomorrow's show opening, i want it to be just like that. >> you should do it. >> i should do it. >> how about next commercial? >> smoke machine. >> we don't have the smoke machine. show of hands, how awesome was that? everybody was like, oh, my, what is going on? >> that was pretty awesome. what did you think? >> that was incredible. he told us he knows how to put on a show and keep it entertaining. everyone, you know, roaring applause, all of the telecom -- >> you know what happened is in the rose garden ceremony.

>> yes, that would be awesome. >> he did promise showbiz. >> that was plagiarized from teddy roosevelt's speech. >> and every high school football team in hurricane. >> he had to make up for scott b with eo. that entrance was a plus. >> that was negative, bakari. >> i like to give credit where credit was due. that was -- >> that was phone. >> magnifico. back to the continue strerssy now. as always, there are missed opportunities. something great happens and then the trump campaign will step on it, right? there was a chance that would be leading our conversation and now we're talking about michelle

obama's speech and the former first lady's speech. you had an interview with david trump jr. what happened? >> i asked him, what did you think of her speech? how do you think she did? this is what he said. >> hey, don, how do you think things went tonight? >> i think she did amazing. that's not an easy thing to get up and do, right? i think she did incredibly. for the crowd to be there and just as proud americans, you know, parents, i'm one of -- you know, a father of five and to see what's going on in this country right now, it's really sad. i think we want to make sure this country is better when we leave it than when we got it. my father can do that. >> what do you think the high point was for malanny's speech? >> talk about my father as a man, as a human, as a father, i think that's a different. that's a side that people don't often see of had him. and so, you know, i think that's --

>> what speech tonight really caught you, really lit things on fire? >> giuliani did a great job. sheriff clark did a great job. i'm friends with mark geist. i've sat around him as a buddy. when you see that, you realize what this is really all about and, you know, i'm just as excited to go tomorrow. >> terrific. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> appreciate it. >> and there you have donald trump jr. literally moments after melania trump gave the seech. and as you can see, they were leaving the arena very happy with how things had unfoaled, of course, they ran into this road block or at least this had speed bump right now which is a controversy over plagiarism. >> let's go through the entrance. the entrance was great. i thought rudy giuliani, when he got up there, that is how you give a speech at a convention, right? he talked about supporting

police. let's listen. >> the vast majority of americans today do not feel save. they fear for their children. they fear for themselves. they fear for our police officers. who are being targeted with a target on their back. we bray for our police officers in dallas and bruj and their teams. when they come to save your life, they don't ask if you're black or white. they just come to save you. it's time to make america safe again. it's time to make america one again. one america! what happened? what happened to -- what happens to there is no black america or there's no white america, there is just america?

what happened to it? where did it go? how has it flown away? >> come on, how much caffeine did he have? that was great. you know when i was watching that just now, there is no black america, there is no white america, that was the united states of america, do you know where that was from? >> i think everybody knew he was ripping on obama there. >> that's how you give a speech. was there a comparison to anybody else this evening? >> no. hands down, he two the applause. he took a balance withed approach when he talked about the police issue. he said, look, there are instances that are unjustified and unjustified and those that are unjustified should be punished. and that beautiful line, there's no black america, there's no white america got one america -- >> he didn't write that, either, though. >> no.

he was talking about obama. >> it was a great moment, hands down. >> that one was okay on to lift, right? >> but it was recognizable. >> let's talk about the moment. how did that play on the floor? >> it was hugely popular t on floor. judy giuliani is beloved with his work in new york. he snuded come stat in in, this, brought the crime rate way down through the use with of technology and tough policing. for him to feel so strongly that a blue lives matter, we have to stop talking about -- obviously, there are bad comes, but this what i would say is just a lie that's out there, that black people are under attack by our bliss, i think that's insulting to our police.. and i think he takes that personally and he was very clear about that and i really liked it. >> we'll discuss that. david clark gave a speech tonight. also, we're going to talk about what moments, what speeches, who was number one, number two, number three, number four, number five and on and on.

you may be surprised, but i think we pretty much got it right on this panel, at least a bakari and i. we'll discuss more of that tonight.

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and is we are back live at the cnn grill here in cleveland on day one of the gop convention. here with me, mark press to know, amanda carpenter and andy deep. . we were talking about moments. whorm talking about black lives matters, blue line matters and on and on.

>> i think giuliani is such a force to comment on that because he's lived it. i think if black lives matters to anybody, it's rudy julienne thee. i am serious. >> will you also admit the violent crime rate has gone down exponentially since reagan? will you admit the number of officers who has been assaulted has gone down exponentially -- >> well, there are things you need to admit, to. >> not until i finish what i'm about to say. >> but -- >> you can run on a campaign with that. >> that wasn't a sess pool. >> it is a crime sess ool. >> we had this discussion earlier is that this black lives matters, it kind of stipulates over everybody. and the fact of the matter is that rulely giuliani's speech tonight was reducing.

it was. but it was also the definition of -- he spoke to the choir. you know when you with preach to the choir, that's what -- >> that's what they're here for. >> that's fine. but when you say black lives matter, it doesn't mean that blue lives don't matter. it doesn't mean that mark's life doesn't matter. it means black lives matters, too, because we have a question in this country about the value of black lives. why is that so hard to understand? >> well, quickly, first of all -- >> you have to recognize that it's offensive like i understand the horrible atrocities committed 60 years ago or 150 years ago were horrible on americans, but -- was gardner horrible? what ta mere rice horrible? was calculator scott horrible? >> let's talk about ferguson, missouri. he attacked a cop. so when you say, okay -- >> but that's not the question i

asked. >> walter scott -- >> these are all individual circumstances. so when you look at ferguson, what i see is a bully. michael bullied a minority shop keeper. >> you should really -- you should have respect for somebody who literally died and should not. let me tell you -- >> he punched the orbital socket out. >> you've already litigated that. you've litigated that ask i'm not litigating that right now. what i am telling andy is that the fact of the matter is african-americans in this country, many of us who do not agree with the fact that law enforcement officers have been assaulted, have been ambushed tragically in had this country, but we do agree that african-americans are -- >> can i get two facts? >> are not getting the benefit of their humanity. i want to give you the perfect example. for example, walter scott had a taillight out, got pulled over, got shot in the back and the law enforcement officer died on the

police report. but dillen ruth killed nine people in a church. they pulled him over, he got arrested and is alive. >> let me give you two facts. let's step back ask leigh at the macro picture here. in 2015, more white people died because of cop shootings than black people did. >> but not by percentage. >> second of all -- >> but not by percentage. >> hang on. calm down. >> roland pryor, an african-american male was angry at what he was seeing in the news. he set out you to study this issue. he put out a study this week and said it was the most startling finding of his career and he said, in fact, that when it comes to lethal violence, there is no racial disparity in what he found. >> what did he is about assault? >> no, no, here is where you have a point. >> what did he say about assault? >> he said nonlethal force, yes, there is a racial dispute. >> and i think that's -- in my

interview wisheriff clark. but he would not even look at those numbers. people don't want to look at the numbers when you look at how african-americans are treatinged, not lethal force, but -- >> we need to look at that. >> just as we talk about polls and all of that. and for the town hall that we have argued that we have that study in that town hall. but what fact checkers say is it is a small sample issing of police departments around the country. it's ten police departments. so when you're discussing the fact of the findings on of that, you must also put into that that is a small finding and that they believe this study may have been flawed. >> i agree with you that when i hear you say that you're pulled over more than a while male, i believe that. tim scott served on the senate floor, a republican, and said i've been pulled over seven times just in a short period of team. so i absolutely believe there are things that need the be looked at. but when it gets to the port

that an entire profession is demonized which is what andy is saying and we have police being slaughtered because there is such distrust of the police -- >> i understand what you're saying and -- bakari, hold on. i think people should watch their language and their rhetoric, but we don't have a 100% connection between what's being said and especially when the numbers show officers being killed is down. >> but we know that president obama has rushed to judgment in ferguson, in the baltimore, and now we are seeing now at this point in this country's history police are being slaughtered on the streets after he is actively demonized officers who were found innocent -- >> sadly, police officers are killed all the time in the line of duty. police officers were being killed before this happened, before michael brown, before tray on mart-martin -- >> not in this way. >> not in this style. >> we're going to take a quick break. we'll be right back to continue our discussion. don't go anywhere.

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breaking news. we're talking about melania's speech, that some may have been plagiarized from michelle

obama's speech in 2008. there's some information from the trump campaign from the convention floor. what do you have? >> the first time they are responding since the revelations came to light between the two speeches, michelle obama's speech in 2008 and melania's speech tonight. in writing the beautiful speech, melania's team took inspirations. and some fragments that reflected her own thinking. her love for america shown through in the speech, which made it such a success. the first time they're addressing this. they're noting here, don, that they -- there was a team of writers, that were -- took notes about her own life's inspirations. they're not acknowledging really at all that this -- michelle

obama's speech had anything to do with passages lifted. they are making it clear that melania was focusing on her own life's experiencing. and that's what her team was focusing on. not any individual one person. some pushback from the trump campaign. not in any sort of acknowledgment that there was any plagiarism whatsoever. on the other hand, the campaign is make it clear they believe that this melania trump in her own words and thinking, that put her inspirations and thinking. back, now, with my panel. let's discuss the statement on melania trump's speech. the team of writers took note on her life's inspirations. and some instances, including fragments that reflected her own

thinking. her immigrant experience and love for america shown through for her speech, which made it a success. that's from jason miller, senior communication adviser. no acknowledgment, of possible plagiarism. the next word will be will heads roll? will somebody be fired? >> a bad statement? >> at this hour, probably fine. they just put ox then on this fire. it's the cover-up. this plays in donald trump never apologizing, never admitting error, never able to fix a mistake. they are magnifying this character flow and going to be acknowledging michelle obama.

>> they should say, yes, we looked at michelle obama's speech. somehow that was lifted on a draft. it was a beautiful speech. now, we're going to have melania do a round of interviews and talk about her relationship with trump. she feels strongly about it. and just move past it. you can't hide. you can't deny. everybody can look at the words. they're making themselves look silly. >> michelle obama is an inspiration to millions of women around the world. and melania trump is another one inspired by michelle obama. >> you think everything -- >> i saw his face. >> you can't read that into it. >> she drew inspiration. that speech was magnificent. there's a standard we're not talking about. i think that -- i think that michelle obama, hillary clinton as a first lady, the bushes as a first lady, are held to a different standard.

we need to acknowledge that. it's -- they're held to a different standard. she's not a politician. she will not be held to the same point as a politician. you have to make the acknowledgment. >> she is crushed right now. she did a great job. she trusted her team of people. and she is crushed right now. >> we'll come back. more highlights from day one of the gop convention here live the gop convention here live this morning. in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24. calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. "you don't want to live with mom and dad forever, do you?" "boo!" (laughs) "i'm making smoothies!"

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this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news from the gop convention in cleveland. controversy over melania trump's big speech. donald trump, taking the stage tonight, to introduce his wife. the speech plagiarized from michelleba